Post by Baron Zemo on Jul 2, 2006 16:37:38 GMT -5
Name: Helmut Zero
Alias: Citizen V, Phoenix, Iron Cross, Mark Evanier
Age: Between 75-85 years of age (born in 1930's)
Gender: Male
Side: Pro SHR ACT
Appearence: Zemo is roughly 5'10", he weighs in at approximatley 183lbs, he has blue eyes although they are often covered by the mask that he wears, and he has blonde hair that has been burnt over the years. His face is scarred although recent indications reveal that the degree of scarring has lessened of late. He wears a purple mask encircled with a golden crown, the rest of his outfit is mainly black, with a sword hung from his waist.
Powers: Zemo's aging has been slowed by periodic immersion in Compound X. He is a gifted scientist. Though not an inventive genius, he is a capable engineer and a talented problem-solver, highly adept at understanding, modifying, and manipulating existing technologies. He is a fine marksman with handguns and an expert swordsman. He sometimes wears circuitry in his hood guarding against psychic assault, and occasionally uses weapons or traps incorporating his father's Adhesive X, which forms an unbreakable bond with any substance unless it is subjected to a special solvent. Zemo has recently usurped Karla Sofen's moonstones, alien power gems which enable him to manipulate energy on a massive scale for effects such as strength/durability augmentation, space warp creation, gravity manipulation, light manipulation, molecular phasing, and more.
History: In the early 20th Century, scientific genius Heinrich Zemo became the twelfth Baron Zemo. Heinrich and his wife Hilda had a son, Helmut. Born in the 1930s, Helmut spent at least part of his youth in Berlin, developing a fondness for American popular culture imports such as horror films, comic books and movie serials.
In 1945, Baron Zemo seemingly slew Captain America and Bucky and went into hiding in the Amazon, carving out his own private kingdom with the aid of a mercenary army (including Erik Josten in recent years) and an enslaved native population. In Heinrich's absence, Helmut led a more normal life for decades, studying science and becoming an engineer. Summoned to visit Heinrich's Amazon stronghold, Helmut watched his father ruthlessly crush a native uprising, saw Josten's fanatical devotion to the Baron, and heard Heinrich boast of killing the World War II freedom fighter Citizen V (John Watkins); Helmut was disturbed yet intrigued.
Zemo first surfaced under the codename of The Phoenix seeking vengance for the death of his father (although his fathers death was an accident) and was presumed deceased when he fell into a vat of boiling, specially-treated Adhesive X. As he had not been wearing his mask when he fell into the vat, his face was hideously scarred by the boiling Adhesive X.
He resurfaced years later, first allied with Arnim Zola's mutates and later with the Red Skull and his allies. Most notably, he formed a new incarnation of the Masters of Evil, one which invaded the Avengers' Mansion and crippled Hercules and the Avengers' butler Edwin Jarvis. Zemo was again believed dead, though he eventually returned, now married to a woman named Heike who had once called herself Baroness Zemo and had claimed to be the reincarnation of Heinrich Zemo (insert your own Fraudian joke here).
Zemo, having abandoned Heike to prison, organized a new team of Masters of Evil when the Avengers and Fantastic Four disappeared during the Onslaught crisis and were presumed dead. These Masters of Evil took false identities and called themselves the Thunderbolts. Leading them under the alias Citizen V (a twist of irony, as Heinrich Zemo (his father) had killed the original Citizen V during World War II) Zemo planned to have the Thunderbolts gain the world's trust in order to conquer it.
The public took a liking to the team much quicker then Zemo or any of the other Thunderbolts expected and soon most of the team began to like being heroes. When the missing heroes returned, Zemo had their true identities leaked, forcing them to flee with him into deep space to assist his plan to conquer the world through mind control. However, most of the Thunderbolts rebelled and foiled Zemo's plan.
Zemo went into hiding and plotted revenge on his former teammates (who were trying to win back the public's trust by being true heroes). After another of Zemo's plans was foiled by Captain America and a new Citizen V, Helmut was killed by the new Scourge of the Underworld, though his mind was transferred via bio-modem technology into the body of a comatose John Watkins III, grandson of the original Citizen V. Now in possession of Watkins' body, Zemo again played the role of Citizen V, this time as a member of the V-Battalion until the Thunderbolts' final battle with Graviton, in which, his consciousness was removed from Watkins' body and transferred in electronic form, into his ally Fixer's mechanical "tech-pack". On the artificial world Counter-Earth - the same world to which the Avengers and Fantastic Four had previously vanished - the Thunderbolts encountered Zemo's counterpart in that world, Iron Cross. Fixer transferred Zemo's mind into his double's unmutilated body.
Zemo then took up leadership of the Thunderbolts who were on Counter-Earth; when this group was reunited with their teammates who had remained on the normal Marvel Universe Earth, Hawkeye briefly resumed leadership but then left the team to return to the Avengers.
For a while Zemo remained the leader of the Thunderbolts. He later attempted to take over the world again -- this time with the belief that he could save the world by taking it over. Zemo now seems to be motivated by a twisted altruism rather than his original selfish desires; he feels he has grown beyond his father in that regard. However, the Avengers foiled his scheme, his teammate Moonstone went berserk, Zemo's new body was blasted while he attempted to protect Captain America, and he left the team and went into hiding after obtaining Moonstone's twin alien gems, two artifacts of great power.
More recently, Zemo has been manipulating the United States government, the New Thunderbolts, the Purple Man, the Squadron Sinister, and a host of other relatively obscure Marvel characters. His goals are unknown as yet but he is clearly still motivated by a desire to save the world by taking it over, or at least manipulating it towards what he perceives as a beneficial future.
Zemo has also, apparently through trial and error, learned how to use the power of the moonstones in various ways, from simply generating raw energy, to transporting himself and others through time, space, and dimensions, to viewing possible future events through dimensional rifts.
He has also recruited members of both his original and subsequent incarnations of the Thunderbolts to his cause, as well as eventually bringing the current team of Thunderbolts around to joining him. The group currently resides in what Zemo calls his "Folding Castle", a structure that he has connected to various other places around the world by dimensional portals
Sample Post: Zemo sat alone in the dining area of his "Folding Castle", news travelled quickly and bad news travelled seemingly at the speed of light. He reached up and removed his mask touching his once scarred face we winced. He had been disfigured for a while protecting his one time nemesis, and now he had gone and betrayed his country when they needed him the most.
Stark's offer had been an intruiging one to say the least, use the Thunderbolts to capture those not willing to abide by the law. Zemo slid his mask back on and walked into his office. he flipped a switch and a small screen came to life infront of him.
"You took your time, thought you would have jumped at the chance to find Captain America and the others." The Image on the screen flashed and flickered but it was clearly Iron man the armoured avenger and now leader of the so-called Pro registration forces.
"Lot to consider Stark, had to discuss the idea with my people although as you know i can be very persuasive." Zemo had called him by his name to get a reaction, he was sorely mistaken when Stark continued as though nothing had been said.
"So you'll do it then, i know weve had our differences Zemo but i'm glad your helping your team is effective, not very moral but effective." Stark hated using this team like this but it was one way of keeping an eye on them. "I'll send you all the information we have on the people that we want you to find."
"Dont worry Stark we'll get them for you." Zemo flipped the switch again and the screen went dark. hunting heroes and villains, yes this could be quite beneficial for the future of the Thunderbolts!!
Alias: Citizen V, Phoenix, Iron Cross, Mark Evanier
Age: Between 75-85 years of age (born in 1930's)
Gender: Male
Side: Pro SHR ACT
Appearence: Zemo is roughly 5'10", he weighs in at approximatley 183lbs, he has blue eyes although they are often covered by the mask that he wears, and he has blonde hair that has been burnt over the years. His face is scarred although recent indications reveal that the degree of scarring has lessened of late. He wears a purple mask encircled with a golden crown, the rest of his outfit is mainly black, with a sword hung from his waist.
Powers: Zemo's aging has been slowed by periodic immersion in Compound X. He is a gifted scientist. Though not an inventive genius, he is a capable engineer and a talented problem-solver, highly adept at understanding, modifying, and manipulating existing technologies. He is a fine marksman with handguns and an expert swordsman. He sometimes wears circuitry in his hood guarding against psychic assault, and occasionally uses weapons or traps incorporating his father's Adhesive X, which forms an unbreakable bond with any substance unless it is subjected to a special solvent. Zemo has recently usurped Karla Sofen's moonstones, alien power gems which enable him to manipulate energy on a massive scale for effects such as strength/durability augmentation, space warp creation, gravity manipulation, light manipulation, molecular phasing, and more.
History: In the early 20th Century, scientific genius Heinrich Zemo became the twelfth Baron Zemo. Heinrich and his wife Hilda had a son, Helmut. Born in the 1930s, Helmut spent at least part of his youth in Berlin, developing a fondness for American popular culture imports such as horror films, comic books and movie serials.
In 1945, Baron Zemo seemingly slew Captain America and Bucky and went into hiding in the Amazon, carving out his own private kingdom with the aid of a mercenary army (including Erik Josten in recent years) and an enslaved native population. In Heinrich's absence, Helmut led a more normal life for decades, studying science and becoming an engineer. Summoned to visit Heinrich's Amazon stronghold, Helmut watched his father ruthlessly crush a native uprising, saw Josten's fanatical devotion to the Baron, and heard Heinrich boast of killing the World War II freedom fighter Citizen V (John Watkins); Helmut was disturbed yet intrigued.
Zemo first surfaced under the codename of The Phoenix seeking vengance for the death of his father (although his fathers death was an accident) and was presumed deceased when he fell into a vat of boiling, specially-treated Adhesive X. As he had not been wearing his mask when he fell into the vat, his face was hideously scarred by the boiling Adhesive X.
He resurfaced years later, first allied with Arnim Zola's mutates and later with the Red Skull and his allies. Most notably, he formed a new incarnation of the Masters of Evil, one which invaded the Avengers' Mansion and crippled Hercules and the Avengers' butler Edwin Jarvis. Zemo was again believed dead, though he eventually returned, now married to a woman named Heike who had once called herself Baroness Zemo and had claimed to be the reincarnation of Heinrich Zemo (insert your own Fraudian joke here).
Zemo, having abandoned Heike to prison, organized a new team of Masters of Evil when the Avengers and Fantastic Four disappeared during the Onslaught crisis and were presumed dead. These Masters of Evil took false identities and called themselves the Thunderbolts. Leading them under the alias Citizen V (a twist of irony, as Heinrich Zemo (his father) had killed the original Citizen V during World War II) Zemo planned to have the Thunderbolts gain the world's trust in order to conquer it.
The public took a liking to the team much quicker then Zemo or any of the other Thunderbolts expected and soon most of the team began to like being heroes. When the missing heroes returned, Zemo had their true identities leaked, forcing them to flee with him into deep space to assist his plan to conquer the world through mind control. However, most of the Thunderbolts rebelled and foiled Zemo's plan.
Zemo went into hiding and plotted revenge on his former teammates (who were trying to win back the public's trust by being true heroes). After another of Zemo's plans was foiled by Captain America and a new Citizen V, Helmut was killed by the new Scourge of the Underworld, though his mind was transferred via bio-modem technology into the body of a comatose John Watkins III, grandson of the original Citizen V. Now in possession of Watkins' body, Zemo again played the role of Citizen V, this time as a member of the V-Battalion until the Thunderbolts' final battle with Graviton, in which, his consciousness was removed from Watkins' body and transferred in electronic form, into his ally Fixer's mechanical "tech-pack". On the artificial world Counter-Earth - the same world to which the Avengers and Fantastic Four had previously vanished - the Thunderbolts encountered Zemo's counterpart in that world, Iron Cross. Fixer transferred Zemo's mind into his double's unmutilated body.
Zemo then took up leadership of the Thunderbolts who were on Counter-Earth; when this group was reunited with their teammates who had remained on the normal Marvel Universe Earth, Hawkeye briefly resumed leadership but then left the team to return to the Avengers.
For a while Zemo remained the leader of the Thunderbolts. He later attempted to take over the world again -- this time with the belief that he could save the world by taking it over. Zemo now seems to be motivated by a twisted altruism rather than his original selfish desires; he feels he has grown beyond his father in that regard. However, the Avengers foiled his scheme, his teammate Moonstone went berserk, Zemo's new body was blasted while he attempted to protect Captain America, and he left the team and went into hiding after obtaining Moonstone's twin alien gems, two artifacts of great power.
More recently, Zemo has been manipulating the United States government, the New Thunderbolts, the Purple Man, the Squadron Sinister, and a host of other relatively obscure Marvel characters. His goals are unknown as yet but he is clearly still motivated by a desire to save the world by taking it over, or at least manipulating it towards what he perceives as a beneficial future.
Zemo has also, apparently through trial and error, learned how to use the power of the moonstones in various ways, from simply generating raw energy, to transporting himself and others through time, space, and dimensions, to viewing possible future events through dimensional rifts.
He has also recruited members of both his original and subsequent incarnations of the Thunderbolts to his cause, as well as eventually bringing the current team of Thunderbolts around to joining him. The group currently resides in what Zemo calls his "Folding Castle", a structure that he has connected to various other places around the world by dimensional portals
Sample Post: Zemo sat alone in the dining area of his "Folding Castle", news travelled quickly and bad news travelled seemingly at the speed of light. He reached up and removed his mask touching his once scarred face we winced. He had been disfigured for a while protecting his one time nemesis, and now he had gone and betrayed his country when they needed him the most.
Stark's offer had been an intruiging one to say the least, use the Thunderbolts to capture those not willing to abide by the law. Zemo slid his mask back on and walked into his office. he flipped a switch and a small screen came to life infront of him.
"You took your time, thought you would have jumped at the chance to find Captain America and the others." The Image on the screen flashed and flickered but it was clearly Iron man the armoured avenger and now leader of the so-called Pro registration forces.
"Lot to consider Stark, had to discuss the idea with my people although as you know i can be very persuasive." Zemo had called him by his name to get a reaction, he was sorely mistaken when Stark continued as though nothing had been said.
"So you'll do it then, i know weve had our differences Zemo but i'm glad your helping your team is effective, not very moral but effective." Stark hated using this team like this but it was one way of keeping an eye on them. "I'll send you all the information we have on the people that we want you to find."
"Dont worry Stark we'll get them for you." Zemo flipped the switch again and the screen went dark. hunting heroes and villains, yes this could be quite beneficial for the future of the Thunderbolts!!
